https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/59d533b14160ed998d29b1123c688763.pdf 379f78578c667e19cefb0d8d5aae08fb PDF Text Text II EA£5 h ONLY FM NATOPARIS JAf-B/63 ^SECRET CDN .'EYBS TO EXTERNAL 40 OPIMMED \£om-&W*>Ii l^i X y <?Q S&^S INFO CCOS OPIMMED WASHDC LDN EMBPARIS ROME BONN PRIORITY JVJVT DM/DND OPIMMED FM CCOS REF MY TEL 3 JAN3' 7- ' jtL l NATO DEFENCE PLANNING-NASSAU AGREEMENT: A I OBTAINED FURTHER INFO ON BRIT VIEWS AS TO HOW THE DISCUSSION 0F6? ^ NASSAU AGREEMENT SHOULD BE HANDLED IN THE NATO COUNCIL WHEN SIR EVELYN SHUCKBURGH, THE-NEW-UK PERMREP, PAID HIS FIRST CALL ON ME THIS MORNING. HE WARNED THAT THE INFO HE WAS GIVING WAS BASED W ON TALKS HE HAD HAD WITH MR'THORNEYCROFT AMD. THE FOREIGN' SECRETAR? BEFORE LEAVING LDN BUT THAT3 HE HAD NOT RPT NOT YET DECEIVED FINAL V t / ^ INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE MTG OF,COUNCIL 'ON JAN1T. HE W0ULET3E UK SPO~ TVl/" KESMAN AND NO RPT NO OTHER OFFICIALS WOULD BE SENT FROM LDN. 2° SHUCKBURGH' EXPECTED THAT THE'COUNCIL AT ITS MTG'ON JANll 7ZX WOULD RECEIVE EXPLANATORY STATEMENTS ON THE NASSAU AGREEMENT FROM BALL •h j£X<r—"~ AND HIMSELF. IN HIS STATEMENT HE EXPECTED TO EMPHASIZE PARA 6 ^3 BECAUSE IT WAS PRIME MINISTER MACMILLAN WHO HAD MADE THE SUGGESTION THAT A START SHOULD BE MADE IN THE' IMMEDIATE FUTURE TO SUBSCRIBE EXISTING NUCLEAR FORCES TO NATO IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH A'NATO'NUCLEAR FORCE. AS SHUCKBURGH PUT IT, THE INITIAL AIM' SHOULD BE FOR . NATO TO ESTABLISH A QUOTE BASKET UNQUOTE INTO WHICH GOVTS WOULD BE INVITED TO CONTRIBUTE FORCES NOT RPT NOT ONLY IN THE FORM OF STRATEGIC BOMBERS AVAILABLE AT PRESENT ONLY TO'USA, BRIT AND FRANCE BUT ALSO IN THE FORM OF SUCH TACTICAL NUCLEAR FORCES AS WERE AVAILABLE TO COUNTRIES LIKE GERMANY OR IN OTHER FORMS SUCH AS FINANCE BY COUNTRIES WITHOUT ANY NUCLEAR DELIVERY SYSTEMS. ' ' 3. THERE WERE FOUR MAIN PROBLEMS,'WHICH NATO VHAD TO TACKLE IN REGARD TO A NATO NUCLEAR FORCE: THESE VE'REC A)THE FORM' OF CONTROL AND COMMANDC B) THE TARGETTING SYSTEM, ANDCC) THE FORM OF ASSIGNMENT OF FORCES BY INDIVIDUAL 'COUNTRIES,C D) FINANCING. SHUCKBURGH SAID UK HAD NOT RPT NOT WORKED OUT POSITIONS ON THESE PROBLEMS AND WOULD e C. A0012919 50-000340 �PAGE TWO 40 THEMSELVES BE RAISING QUESTIONS* 40SHUCKBURGH SAID THAT THORNEYCROFTS IDEA WAS TO ASSIGN AS MUCH OF UK BOMBER FORCE AS POSSIBLE TO THE NATO NUCLEAR FORCE BUT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT IN THE EVENT OF QUOTE SUPREME NATIONAL INTERERESTS UNQUOTE OF UK BEING AT STAKE THE SAME ASSIGNED BOMBERS WOULD HAVE TO BE USED FOR TARGETS TO WHICH THE UK ASCRIBED A HIGHER PRIORITY THAN UNDER NATO PLANS* 5, AS REGARDS TARGETTING SHUCK3URG FORESEES THAT UK TARGET LIST MAY WELL BE VERY SIMILAR, IF NOT RPT NOT IDENTICAL, WITH THAT OF NATO AND THAT OF SAC, BUT UK GOVT WOULD WISH TO RESERVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE A DIFFERING VIEWC AS REGARDS PRIORITY) IN THE EVENT THAT ITS SUPREME NATIONAL INTERESTS WERE AT STAKE*SHUCKBURGH FORESAW THAT THE MOST DIFFICULT PART OF HIS STATEMENT WOULD BE THE EXPLANATION OF HOW UK GOVT VIEWS ITS RESERVE RIGHTS ON THE ASSIGNMENT OF FORCES FROM UK BOMBER COMMAND. TO THE NATO NUCLEAR FORCE. 6. SHUCKBURGH SAID THAT HE HOPED THAT OTHER PERMREPS WOULD GIVE THE VIEWS OF .THEIR GOVTS IN GENERAL TERMS ON THE AGREEMENT AND ASK QUESTIONS BUT WOULD NOT RPT NOT AT THIS STAGE PRESS FOR TOO PRECISE ANSWERS ON THE QUESTIONS WHICH OBVIOUSLY ARISE ABOUT THE AGREEMENT WHEN ITS DETAILS ARE EXAMINE& HIS IDEA WOULD BE THAT RATHER THAN TO INVITE OTHER DELS TO ADDRESS INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS TO USA AND UK*THE SECRETARIAT BE INVITED TO CULL THE MAIN POLICY QUESTIONS FROM THE VARIOUS STATEMENTS MADE BY PERMREPS AND PREPARE A SIMPLE ANALYSIS OF THE MAIN PRINCIPLES OR POLICY ISSUES REQUIRING STUDY* le AS REGARDS TIMING SHUCKBURGH SAID THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT ALL GOVTS WERE GIVEN ENOUGH TIME TO STUDY THE IMPORTANT IMPLICATIONS OF THE AGREEMENT, RECALLING THAT IT WAS DRAFTED IN SUCH VERY GENERAL TERMS THAT IT WAS OPEN TO MANY INTERPRETATIONS, HE EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THE GOVTS, INCLUDING HIS 0WN9 WOULD HAVE TIME TO CONSIDER HOW BEST TO BUILD A FRAMEWORK OF A NATO AGREEMENT ON THE BASIS OF THE NASSAU STATEMENT ON NUCLEAR DEFENCE. 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